PRONUNCIATION: GOS-uh-muhr) MEANING: noun:1. Something light, thin, or insubstantial.2. A soft sheer gauzy fabric, used for veils, etc.3. A fine, filmy cobweb or its thread seen floating in the air in calm weather.adjective:Thin, light, or delicate.

ETYMOLOGY:From goose + summer. The term is believed to have originated as a name for late autumn when geese are in season and then transferred to cobwebs seen around that time of the year. Earliest documented use: 1325._________________________________g --> b BOSSAMER - to dance the bossa nova but just for the summer

ETYMOLOGY:From birdlime (a sticky substance made from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on branches and twigs to catch small birds), from bird + lime, from Latin limus (slime). Earliest documented use: 1440._________________________________add d BIRDLIMED - a knock-off verson of Lullaby of Birdland from a bird's point of view (a sad lament).

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